Redditch Community Safety
Partnership
Partnership Tasking in
Redditch
Angela Heighway
Kim Stockman

Introductions
Angela Heighway
Head of Community Safety
Redditch Borough Council
Kim Stockman
Partnership Information Analyst for Redditch
Worcestershire County Council

Overview of presentation
• Community Safety Partnership structures
• What is partnership (CDRP) tasking?
• Redditch – Impacts of tasking
• Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities and Threats
• Concluding comments, and questions

Partnership Structures
Worcestershire
Partnership
Local Area Agreement
The Safer Communities Board
South Worcestershire
CDRP
Malvern Hills
Worcester
Wychavon
North Worcestershire
Responsible Authorities Group
Bromsgrove
CDRP
Bromsgrove tasking
Redditch
CDRP
Redditch tasking
Wyre
Forest
CDRP
Wyre
Forest tasking
PACT

Redditch as an example
• Two tier– 1 of 6 districts in
Worcestershire
• Small district (5351 hectares), high population density (14.7pph)
• New town with inherent design faults
• Roughly equal urban/rural split
• Manufacturing largest industrial group

Redditch
• More trees than people along with 94
Underpasses!
• Population of 79,000
• Significant pockets of deprivation
• Young population
• Larger BME population than County

What does partnership tasking mean to us?
• Monthly meeting of partners looking at community safety issues
• The opportunity to focus on the victim and environment
• Information sharing– identifying common issues
• Delivering local solutions to local problems
• Very new process – still evolving

• Identifying common issues
• Getting a fuller picture of the issues
Sharing data

Why was tasking set up?
• Meet the needs of all partners in addressing community safety issues
• Address Section 17 responsibilities
• Focus on specific & measurable outcomes & help prioritise action
• Regularly review progress of projects
• Performance manage the reward element of the LAA

What does tasking involve?
Partners
Communities
Analyst
Presentation
Monitor actions
Actions agreed
Monthly meeting

Who does it involve?
Statutory Partners
Partnership
Analyst
Core Group
Other relevant agencies

Data sources
A range of partnership data including:
– Crime
– Anti Social Behaviour
– Fire Service
– Enviro Crime
– Signal Crimes, Fear of Crime & PACTs
– Socio Economic & Housing tenure
– Ambulance data

• Identifying patterns and hotspots & clusters of offences within single data sources
• Identifying patterns and hotspots & clusters of offences across all data sources
• Moving away from fixed boundaries
(wards, beats) & defining areas based on data (shopping centres, estates streets)

At the ward level…

Within the ward

Example - Church Hill
• Problems identified in
September 2005
• Dispersal Order in
September 2005
• Designated Public
Place Order in
December 2005
• Significant environmental enhancements in
January 2006

Example - Church Hill

Church Hill…

…and more!...

Underpasses (one of many)

Impact of Interventions
ASB across Church Hill
15
10
5
0
30
25
20
Ap ril
Ma y
Ju ne
Ju ly t
A ugus
S ept em ber
Oc to ber
No ve m be r
De cem be r
Janua ry
Febr uar y
2004/05 2005/06
M ar ch
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Ap ril
Ma y
Crime across Church Hill
Ju ne
Ju ly t
A ugus
S ept em ber
O ct ob er
No ve m be r
D ece m be r
Janu ar y
Febr uar y
Ma rc h
2004/05 2005/06

Other Projects
• CCTV in Evesham Mews
• Targeting mini motos
• Gating project
• Tackling fear of crime in Woodrow centre
• Tackling Domestic Violence across
Woodrow

What have we achieved?
All crime & BCS
Criminal Damage
Wounding
Domestic burglary
Theft of vehicle
Theft from vehicle
Interference
2 nd
4 th
11 th
2 nd
2 nd
1 st
3 rd
Above average & rising
Below average & rising
Above average & falling
Below average & falling
Above average & maintaining
Below average & maintaining

Strengths of tasking...
• Politically neutral analysts
• Regular project and progress reviews
• Analysts see the impact of their work
• Partnership buy in & support
• Financial benefits
• Different approaches in the three areas

…Weaknesses…
• Reliant on OIS data
• Embedding tasking in all partners operational and strategic planning
• Still a relatively new process – difficult to be clear about long-term viability/success
• Based on relationships built up over
2-3 years

…Opportunities…
• Develop a knowledge base & to learn from others
• Build strong relationships and work together
• Address the Crime & Disorder Act review
• Address Partnership Assessment
Delivery Service Guidance

…Threats
• Buy in, support and personalities
• Organisational culture & agenda of partners
• Funding Streams
• Change in government focus away from Community Safety

Concluding Comments
• Still a relatively new process
• Fits well with Crime and Disorder Act and
Review and with Home Office expectations
• Partnership working is about developing and managing relationships
• Dedicated analyst support is essential

Contact details…
• Angela Heighway
– Telephone: (01527) 64252
– E-mail: angie.heighway@redditchbc.gov.uk
• Kim Stockman
– Telephone: (01905) 728760
– E-mail: kstockman@worcestershire.gov.uk
• Fiona Dougan
– Telephone: (01905) 728760
– E-mail: fdougan@worcestershire.gov.uk
• David Onions
– Telephone: (01905)766712
– E-mail: donions@worcestershire.gov.uk